Angola (shawl)

Imitated version of Indian shawl

This article is about a shawl. For other uses, see Angola (disambiguation).

Angola was an imitated version of Indian shawl made with local wool options in England.[1][2]

## Etymology

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Angola was a derived word of ''Angora.'' a very soft Angora wool.[3]

## Angola

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Angola was attempted in Norwich, Lyons, and Edinburgh and Paisley. However, local manufacturers made it on machines such as drawlooms and Jacquard looms, unlike India, where a labor extensive handweaving tapestry technique was used to produce the material. The original Kashmiri shawls in India were woven in pieces and then joined. Missing fundamentals of the craftsmanship, the imitations made of Angola were short-lived.[4][2][3]

## Angola shirting

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Angola shirting, a twill weave structure, was a blend of cotton and wool fabric for shirts.[3]

## See also

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* Kashmir shawl

## References

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1. ^ CROSS (Manufacturer.), William (1872). Descriptive Sketch of Changes in the Style of Paisley Shawls. Being the substance of a lecture ... Reprinted from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette. J.&J. Cook. p. 15.
2. ^ a b McCarthy, Mary (1969). A Social Geography of Paisley. Paisley Public Library. p. 79\. ISBN 978-0-9500416-0-5.
3. ^ a b c Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. Internet Archive. New York; London : Norton. p. 147\. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.
4. ^ Reilly, Valerie (1989). The Paisley Pattern: The Official Illustrated History. Peregrine Smith Books. p. 34\. ISBN 978-0-87905-317-8.

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